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Test 2 · Dead, a mile long and everyone: more everyday hyperbole

Your friend wants to skip three rides because «the queue's a mile long, we'll be here all day». The sign says 45 minutes. What is the wise move?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: friend, queue, we, sign, wise move · What happens: want, skip, be, say · To what, where: three rides · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 of lesson 45 «Dead, a mile long and everyone: more everyday hyperbole» of the language course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

Sentence 1: Your friend wants to skip three rides because «the queue's a mile long, we'll be here all day».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 friend	nmod:poss
2	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wants	nsubj
3	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 skip	mark
5	skip	skip	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 wants	xcomp
6	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 rides	nummod
7	rides	ride	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 skip	obj
8	because	because	SCONJ	_	15 long	mark
9	«	«	PUNCT	_	15 long	punct
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 queue	det
11	queue	queue	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 long	nsubj
12	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 long	cop
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 mile	det
14	mile	mile	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 long	obl:unmarked
15	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 skip	advcl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 here	punct
17	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	20 here	nsubj
18	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	20 here	aux
19	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	20 here	cop
20	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 wants	parataxis
21	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	22 day	det
22	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 here	obl:unmarked
23	»	»	PUNCT	_	20 here	punct
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 wants	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	present	Your friend						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	skip not said to happen	to-infinitive	Your friend not said here	three rides					vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ride=Agent
3	is in a quote	present	the queue					a mile obl:unmarked; long property	tree rules
4	is in a quote	future	we				day	here property	tree rules

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

Sentence 2: The sign says 45 minutes.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sign	det
2	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	45	45	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 minutes	nummod
5	minutes	minute	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 says	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	the sign				minute		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Sentence 3: What is the wise move?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 move	det
4	wise	wise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 move	amod
5	move	move	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the wise move						tree rules

The options

Option 1

Join a different, longer queue

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Join	join	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 queue	det
3	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 queue	amod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 queue	punct
5	longer	long	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 queue	amod
6	queue	queue	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Join	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	join	imperative	you not said here	a different longer queue					vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent queue=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Use the sign's real number to decide

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Use	use	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 sign	det
3	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 number	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 sign	case
5	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 number	amod
6	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Use	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 decide	mark
8	decide	decide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Use	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	imperative	you not said here	the sign's real number					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent number=Patient
2	decide	to-infinitive	you not said here						vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Believe him and skip all three rides

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Believe	believe	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Believe	obj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 skip	cc
4	skip	skip	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Believe	conj
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 rides	det
6	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 rides	nummod
7	rides	ride	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 skip	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	believe	imperative	you not said here	him = he					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus
2	skip	infinitive	you not said here	all three rides					vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ride=Agent

Option 4

Measure the queue in miles first

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Measure	measure	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 queue	det
3	queue	queue	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Measure	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 miles	case
5	miles	mile	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Measure	obl
6	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	1 Measure	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	measure	imperative	you not said here	the queue				in miles; first property	vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme queue=Value

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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